(June 10, 1961)

In this memorandum President
Kennedy demands to know who suggested to him to send letters to Arab leaders, since the result was not a positive one.

I want a report from the State Department, I asked Secretary Rusk about
this, on whose idea it was for me to send the letters to the Middle Eastern
Arab leaders./2/ The reaction has been so sour I would like to know whose idea it was, what they hoped
to accomplish and what they think we have now accomplished.